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Glycan Profiling of Plant Cell Wall Polymers using Microarrays

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Published on: December 17, 2012

Cell Size Control in Plants.

Marco D'Ario¹, Robert Sablowski¹

¹Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom;

Annual Review of Genetics

|August 21, 2019

Summary

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Plant cell size is genetically controlled, with mechanisms like vacuolization influencing growth. These findings offer insights into plant development, evolution, and genome changes.

Keywords:

cell cycle cell size homeostasis genome size meristems plant growth polyploidy

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Area of Science:

Plant biology
Cell biology
Developmental biology

Background:

The genetic basis for species- and tissue-specific cell sizes remains largely unknown.
Plants offer a unique model for studying cell size control due to their immobility and trackable development.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the genetic control of cell size in plants, comparing it with other organisms.
To investigate the role of vacuolization in plant organ development and cell size heterogeneity.
To discuss the implications of cell size control mechanisms for ploidy changes and genome evolution.

Main Methods:

Comparative analysis of cell size control mechanisms across different species (yeast, mammals, plants).
Examination of cell autonomous size homeostasis in plant shoot meristems.
Analysis of vacuolization's contribution to cell size variation in developing organs.

Main Results:

Cell size homeostasis is maintained cell-autonomously in plant shoot meristems, similar to yeast and mammalian cells.
Vacuolization plays a role in generating cell size heterogeneity within developing plant organs.
Cell size control mechanisms are linked to responses to ploidy changes, impacting plant development and evolution.

Conclusions:

Understanding plant cell size control provides insights into fundamental biological processes.
Cell size regulation has significant implications for plant development, ploidy adaptation, and genome evolution.
Comparative studies highlight conserved and divergent mechanisms of cell size control across eukaryotes.